Oreophrynella cryptica Señaris, 1995

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 11

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scientific name	Oreophrynella cryptica Señaris, 1995
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Oreophrynella cryptica Señaris, 1995 View in CoL *

Holotype: EBRG 2956 View Materials .

Type locality: Eastern sector of the Auyan-tepui summit, Bolívar State, Venezuela (5°53’36”N, 62°29’12”W), 1,750 m GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Region 5. Endemic to Auyan-tepui in Bolívar State.

Remarks: A very rare species described from only two specimens (Señaris 1995). Despite numerous expeditions to the type locality, only five additional specimens have been collected (in 1974) and deposited in the BMNH ( Myers and Donnelly 2008).

Selected references: Señaris (1995); Myers (1997); Myers and Donnelly (2008); Señaris et al. (2014).

References

Myers CW, Donnelly MA. 2008. The summit herpetofauna of Auyantepui, Venezuela: report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 308: 1 - 147.

Senaris JC, Lampo M, Rojas-Runjaic FJM, Barrio-Amoros CL. 2014. Guia Ilustrada de los Anfibios del Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela. Ediciones IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela. 264 p.